Binaural Beat Induced Theta EEG Activity and Hypnotic Susceptibility: Contradictory Results and Technical Considerations

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 295-309

  Stevens, Larry ^a   Haga, Zach ^a   Queen, Brandy ^a   Brady, Brian ^a   Adams, Deanna ^a   Gilbert, Jaime ^a   Vaughan, Emily ^a   Leach, Cathy ^a   Nockels, Paul ^a   McManus, Patrick ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Binaural beat; Brainwave; EEG; Hypnosis; Hypnotic susceptibility; Hypnotizability; Theta

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINAURAL HEARING; BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOSIS; HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TECHNOLOGY; THETA RHYTHM; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PITCH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THETA RHYTHM; TIME PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12444297916     PISSN: 00029157     EISSN: 21600562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00029157.2003.10403543     Document Type: Article

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